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Luke Pasqualino

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Luke Pasqualino
Born
Luca Giuseppe Pasqualino

(1990-02-19) 19 February 1990 (age 34)
OccupationActor
Years active2008–present

Luca Giuseppe "Luke" Pasqualino (born 19 February 1990) is a British actor of Italian descent. He is best known for his portrayal of Freddie McClair in the television series Skins, d'Artagnan in the television series The Musketeers and Elvis Harte in Our Girl.

Early life[edit]

Pasqualino was born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, to Italian parents from Sicily and Naples.[1][2] He attended Walton Community School, in Walton, Peterborough.

Career[edit]

In 2009, Pasqualino made his acting debut as the protagonist in the low-budget film Stingers Rule! about a local football team going against property developers who plan to destroy their beloved football ground. Pasqualino also guest starred on Casualty and Miranda. In 2008, Pasqualino became one of the new series regulars in the third season of the E4 teenage drama television series Skins; he portrayed Freddie McClair, a laid-back weed-smoking college pupil.[3] In February 2010, Pasqualino was cast in the Warner Bros. Pictures supernatural horror film The Apparition;[4] the film was released in August 2012.[5] In 2011, Pasqualino appeared in a recurring role as Paolo, a young servant, on the historical drama television series The Borgias.[6] In July 2012, Pasqualino starred in the romantic comedy film Love Bite.[7]

In October 2011, Pasqualino won the starring role in the Syfy television pilot Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome[8] as the younger self of William "Husker" Adama; the show was first distributed as a ten-episode online series on Machinima.com starting in November 2012, and then aired in early 2013 as a televised film on Syfy.[9][10] Later in 2013, Pasqualino appeared in a French television series, Jo. From 2014 to 2016, he starred in the BBC production of The Musketeers, based on the Alexandre Dumas novel.[11]

In 2013, Pasqualino appeared in the ensemble thriller Snowpiercer, which takes place aboard a train as it travels around the globe, carrying the last members of humanity after a failed attempt at climate engineering to stop global warming.[12] In 2021, he played David Kostyk in the Netflix series Shadow and Bone.[13]

Filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Stingers Rule! Anthony
2012 Love Bite Kev
The Apparition Greg
2013 Snowpiercer Grey
2017 Smartass Donny
2019 The Gandhi Murder DCP Jimmy
2022 Medusa Deluxe Angel
2024 The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Wulf Voice; in production

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
2009 Casualty Dans 2 episodes
2009–2010 Skins Freddie McClair 17 episodes
2009, 2013 Miranda Jason 2 episodes
2011–2012 The Borgias Paolo 7 episodes
2012 Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome William "Husker" Adama Television film
2013 Jo Lieutenant Zavaglia Episode: "Invalides"
2014 Inside No. 9 Lee Episode: "Sardines"
2014–2016 The Musketeers d'Artagnan 30 episodes
2015 Drunk History Dick Turpin Episode: "Tutankhamen / Dick Turpin / Byron's Pet Bear"
2016–2020 Our Girl Elvis Harte 13 episodes
2017–2018 Snatch Albert Hill 20 episodes
2021 Death in Paradise Ed Lancer Episode: "Steamy Confessions"
2021–2023 Shadow and Bone David Kostyk 8 episodes
2022 Shantaram Maurizio 12 episodes
TBA Rematch Xavier Valens Post-production
TBA Rivals Basil Babbingham Post-production[14]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Discovery: Luke Pasqualino
  2. ^ Births, Marriages & Deaths Index of England & Wales, 1984–2006, Listed Birth Name as Luca Giuseppe Pasqualino, Year of birth listed as 1990, Place of registration Peterborough, Cambridgeshire.
  3. ^ Bergen, Julia (20 July 2009). "Complete Skins cast axed again - News". TV.com. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  4. ^ Two More Catch a Glimpse of Dark Castle's 'Apparition'
  5. ^ "The Apparition Starts Filming". Movies.about.com. 26 February 2010. Archived from the original on 14 June 2013. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  6. ^ "The Borgias: "Paolo"". The A.V. Club. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  7. ^ McAvaney, Nick (2 November 2012). "Speleers, Pasqualino loved Love Bite". independent.ie. Irish Independent. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Exclusive: 'Battlestar's' Jamie Bamber Nabs TNT Role, 'Caprica' Vet Invades 'Alphas' & Intel on 'Blood and Chrome'". Aoltv.com. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 27 August 2012.
  9. ^ Moore, Trent (5 November 2012). "Blood and Chrome to debut as web series 9 November". Blastr. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
  10. ^ "The First Two Episodes of Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome". TV News. Comingsoon.net. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 12 November 2012.
  11. ^ "Luke Pasqualino shows the secrets behind the special effects". bbc.co.uk. BBC One. 22 February 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  12. ^ "Our Girl". bbc.co.uk. BBC One. Retrieved 12 June 2024. Luke's film work includes ensemble thriller Snowpiercer, independent film Smartass and the forthcoming Solar Eclipse: Depth of Darkness.
  13. ^ Romero, Ariana; Bentley, Jean (17 March 2023). "'Shadow and Bone' Season 2 Cast: Meet the Heroes and the Villains". netflix.com. Tudum by Netflix. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Victoria Smurfit and Aidan Turner star in adaptation of racy Jilly Cooper novel". Independent.ie. 21 March 2023.

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